bjarkijonasson

A lot of people, the current top link on HN is this http://xkcd-map.rent-a-geek.de/ an interactive "map" of the click and drag world.

"If Randall spent, on average, one hour drawing each frame, it would take him 9.375 days of constant, nonstop work to finish this. If he instead spent an average of 10 minutes per frame, it would take ~37.5 hours, or almost an entire 40-hour work week."

This statement is a bit flawed since he doesn't differentiate between almost empty frames and frames with much detail. It obviously took longer to create frames with a lot of details than empty frames or frames with little detail.

Still, it's an interesting post. Randall clearly put a lot of time and effort into creating the "Click and drag" world.

also, it doesn't save the school any money anyway since they have to hire Network Admins and other IT people with Linux experience

As someone who is currently in a school that uses only free and/or open source software I have to say that this is a terrible idea.

The biggest problem is the teachers, they are not as tech-savvy as the kids and introducing them to a completely new operating system has done nothing but slow them down and cause problems. They are having trouble distributing learning material because they are not familiar with the file formats (and most of the students here are using windows, so compatibility is a problem).

There have also been problems with the personal storage spaces students have on the computer network, people are sometimes unable to log in or unable to access their files. It's been a mess.

I'm all for supporting ubuntu, in fact I've been using an ubuntu variant on my laptop for a few years now without any trouble, but using Ubuntu (or any other OS that isn't Windows or OS X) in a school environment just to cut costs is a recipe for disaster.

It looks great but I think I'll wait for an Android version.

An .is domain is ISK 6.982 a year, or $55.9 (ish)

It's not the cheapest option but it's not too pricey either.